Dora Uthayakumar’s Reviews > Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality > Status Update

"In a teleological ethic, the way to love people is by supporting their telos – what is genuinely good for them in light of the way God designed us to function and flourish. It's an ethic that expresses respect for the human being as an integrated psycho-physical unit. And in the end, it leads to richer, deeper sexual relationships."

"Implicitly the person is saying: Why should I care about my body? Why should I let that inform my identity? Why should my sexed body have anything to say about my moral choices? The body is disassociated from who we are as persons, as though it has no intrinsic dignity or purpose that we are morally obligated to respect. This is a very low view of the body."

"Too often, they fall to recognise it because they know Christianity only as a spiritual experience not as an alternative world view. They do not realise that the Bible provides not only a message of salvation, but a lens through which we view all of life – the human person, history, nature and society."